A new study undertaken in MSF emergency centers between June and July 2020 showed that there appears to be a higher coronavirus infection rate among the poorest in Paris, including migrants and those living in precarious economic and social situations.
Four NGOs involved in the rescue of migrants experiencing difficulty at sea have issued a statement calling for Italy to stop blocking their ships.
Tensions and protests among migrants at Greece's Malakasa migrant camp on the outskirts of Athens occurred after officials reported the first death of a migrant in the country due to COVID-19.
Doctors without Border (MSF) has called on the Greek and the EU authorities to stop their efforts to rebuild a "new system of containment for refugees and asylum seekers on the island of Lesbos, Greece" after a fire destroyed the notoriuous Moria camp.
Dozens of people who were living in a makeshift tent camp near Rome's central Termini train station were evicted by Italian authorities on Monday. Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it is concerned about those who were driven out, because they weren't provided with any alternative solutions.
Greek authorities are enforcing an "ill-considered" and "potentially very damaging" quarantine for migrants and asylum seekers at the overcrowded Moria camp on Lesbos, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has said. The organization also renewed its appeal to evacuate migrants to the mainland.
A boy has been evacuated from a migrant rescue ship after he received severe fuel burns. More than 200 migrants remain on the Sea-Watch 4 stranded off Sicily.
Greece's program for the voluntary return of migrants to their country of origin has been reactivated by the government's migration ministry. The scheme had been suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. According to the Greek migration minister, the first flights are expected "in the coming weeks."
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said it has been forced to shut down a coronavirus isolation center for migrants on the Greek Aegean island of Lesbos. MSF said it closed the center after local authorities allegedly imposed fines and threatened with criminal charges.
Over 11,000 refugees in Greece are at risk of being evicted from their housing and cut off from government cash assistance, according to Doctors Without Borders.
There are currently 118 rescued migrants on board the Ocean Viking ship in the Mediterranean, the majority of them hail from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Eritrea. Some of those on board spoke to AFP, telling them about their experiences of slavery in Libya.
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has warned in a statement that the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has laid "bare failed politics of aid to help migrants stranded in Libya" and worsened conditions for them.